I have one. I use it for heat shrink insulation on electronics projects and heat shrink plastic film on rc planes. But I agree, a hair dryer works nearly as well. When I bought the heat gun 20 years ago they were not making these 1500 watt hair dryers.
I don't agree about the wind being much of an issue. You can hold the heat gun or hair dryer an inch or so from the faucet. It would have to be a lot of wind to interfere.
You have no idea how cold a cold wind can be - how much heat it can remove from something exposed out in the open.
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:44:24 -0500, Home Guy wrote Re Re: late (too late) winterizing of water faucets: 24F, can't open outside faucet:
You be blind dude. Maybe you brain be dead.
Yep, I finally broke down and bought that same exact torch. Very handy tool, and makes sweating a lot easier.
It's also really handy for lighting the barbeque when the piezo unit is on the fritz, and I'm not in the mood to fix it.
Jon
I don't have a heat gun (it's probably one of the only common tools I don't have). When I need one I just filch SWMBO's hair dryer.
Same here. I found that commandeering the wife's blow dryer to peel paint and reflow failed hot melt glue worked until I got a blob of thermoglue on the end and didn't notice it. SHE did. Got a Craftsmen on sale for some ridiculously low price the very next day. Much heavier duty with a metal grille in front. Puts out way more heat than the hair dryer, probably because the fan speed is slower.
-- Bobby G.
Probably-got-thrown-out-of-his-Home Guy, who snipped a crucial part of my post when he responded, asked:
Yes.
Still-Looking-For-A-Home Guy claimed:
er...cold?
Like a leaf blower in a freezer? 8-)
TDD
My heat gun besides working great for work, softens caulk, helps remove adhesives and stickers, heat shrink tubing, has thawed pipes, melted ice under garage door, thawed frozen locks, and more....
after losing mine i know have 2 one in vehicle for work and a second one in basement shop.
i thought i lost one at a customers site but found it later with some other special tools from that job. by that time i had bought a replacement
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